Main question
Can we predict life expectancy at the block-level resolution in Baltimore using various health, crime, and economic statistics collected at the individual house level and/or aggregated to the block or neighborhood level?
The purpose of this project is to predict life expectancy in Baltimore on a single block resolution. The main source of data for life expectancy at the neighborhood level are the Baltimore City Health Department Neighborhood Health Profiles. I plan on utilizing free data provided by OpenBaltimore, which appears to have a more cleaned up version of the above data set in the Children and Family Health & Well-Being (2010-2014) and Housing and Community Development (2010-2014) reports. The codebook is here.
Can we predict life expectancy at the block-level resolution in Baltimore using various health, crime, and economic statistics collected at the individual house level and/or aggregated to the block or neighborhood level?